IP Audio Conferencing

Fully integrated, multi-way, full duplex voice-over-IP audio conferencing offers dramatic cost savings over traditional telephone conference calls, and allows instructors (the session leader) to identify and manage classroom interaction (who is speaking and/or using the collaboration tools).

IP Video Conferencing.

Real-time, multi-point video conferencing enables users to see the session leader or other designated participants from within the virtual classroom. A unique adaptive video bandwidth feature ensures the highest possible performance over connections as low as 28.8 kbps.

Breakout Rooms and Labs.

Session leaders can break the main session into multiple breakout rooms for group or individual lab exercises. The leader can "look over the participant's shoulder" and even take control of his/her application or provide interactive assistance.

Multiple Presenters.

Centra Symposium supports an unlimited number of co-presenters and subject matter experts.

Evaluations and Quizzes.

A wide choice of questions can be optionally auto-graded and reported on from the database later.

Surveys.

Leaders and presenters can create and "hand out" ad hoc surveys.

Whiteboard.

Multi-user, interactive whiteboard markup, including content created in a breakout room, can be saved for later review.

Choreography.

The session leader can control which participants have the ability to speak and interact with the collaboration tools.

Feedback.

Participants can raise their hands, indicate yes/no polling, demonstrate laughter and applause responses, utilize public/private text chat, and provide anonymous feedback to the leader and presenters.

Full Screen Content Viewing.

Leaders can automatically expand the participants' content windows for viewing large shared applications or Web pages.

Peer-to-Peer Interaction.

The leader can choose to open the "floor" to several participants at a time for peer-to-peer interaction and learning.

Session Recording and Playback.

With easy to use features for recording, editing, and storage, users can create professional, self-paced recordings in industry standard formats. These recordings can be viewed outside the Centra environment with any standard media player or included as content within a live or self-paced session.

Self-Paced Content Viewing.

Events (class meetings) can be configured to allow enrolled participants access to event content before and after the live session.

Application Sharing.

Leaders and participants can share any Windows application, including their entire desktop or even a remote server, with other participants for IT and software product training.

Web Safari.

Allows the session leader to take the participants on a synchronized Web tour.  Participants can see the leader's "pointer" and will automatically scroll when the leader scrolls up and down on a Web page.

Just-in-Time PowerPoint Import.

Co-presenters can upload their own PowerPoint presentations on the fly, even after the session has begun.

Multimedia.

Supports pre-recorded video clips, audio clips, animated GIFs and other multimedia content including Flash, DHTML, and JavaScript.

Centra Agenda Builder.

Agenda Builder is a sophisticated agenda creation tool for building Web-based evaluation forms and assembling event content into a structured, customized format.

28.8 kbps Dialup Support.

Full product functionality is supported with Centra's thin client Web application over a single network connection as low as 28.8 kbps, allowing even the most remote users a fully interactive experience.

Content Pre-caching.

Events can be configured by the session leader so that the event content will be automatically pre-cached (downloaded) on the participant's PC. This is done if the session leader has a large quantity of slides (or large graphic files) to display during the session. This feature would drastically reduce load times for the students using a slow dial-up modem.

Event Scheduling and Enrollment.

A robust Web-based scheduling and registration interface allows users to browse the event schedule, self-enroll in events, or be pre-enrolled by an event manager.

Tracking and Reporting.

All assessment, user, event, and attendance data are tracked and reported.  Additional custom reports can easily be generated.

Content Management.

Event content is managed and organized to allow the same agenda content to be easily re-used in different Symposium events or even on different servers.

Firewall Transparency.

The unique Adaptive Connection feature automatically configures Centra to work through corporate firewalls using the best connection possible.

Smart Client Auto-Upgrade.

The Symposium client application will automatically upgrade itself whenever the Centra Server is upgraded or a new patch is installed on the server, dramatically reducing the amount of IT involvement in product upgrades.

System Check.

A Web-based, self-service system check makes sure each user's system, including audio settings, is properly configured before the live event begins.

Password Reminder.